CHEATHAM, Kitty

Kitty Cheatham (Catharine Smiley Cheatham) was an American singer, monologist, arranger, and composer, born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1864. She studied in New York, Paris, and Berlin and became internationally known for performances of children’s songs, folk songs, recitations, and musical storytelling. She appeared with major American orchestras and performed widely in Europe.
She also published music. Her collection Kitty Cheatham, Her Book (1915) contains songs with piano accompaniment and is catalogued by the Eastman School of Music’s Sibley Music Library with Cheatham as composer. She later published A Nursery Garland (1917).